For car mount, the mount I have for my (now deprecated!) iPAQ works
nicely, although it obscures the power button, makes exiting programs a
bit or a pain:
http://www.ow.com.au/shop/PDA-Car-Mounts/Arkon-CM910-Universal-PDA-Mount-Kit
I'd *love* to see a motorbike mount! although it would need to be *very*
secure, and waterproof
-Dale
steve wrote:
> Bike mount?
>> Or car mount?
>> Guillermo how hard is that?
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org> [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Tim Coggins
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 4:57 AM
> To: List for Openmoko community discussion
> Subject: Re: GPS application (was: Request for help: Would like
> communityapplications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld)
>> If you don't need a GPS that's great but I find them really useful.
> Yes, maps and a compasses are really useful but they are quite bulky and you
> need the right one. Thanks to the FreeRunner I've now got localised, street
> level maps for a large part of the work (OSM[0]) in my pocket. In addition
> to this I don't even have to work out where I am and what direction I am
> moving in.
>> I'm also looking for a mount for my bicycle handlebars so I'll have a full
> bike computer with me when I'm riding - speed, direction, time and distance
> will all be displayed for me along with the map. If I think of anything else
> I want to hand I could either implement it myself or ask the tangoGPS guys.
>> And they are *so* much fun in planes :)
>> Tim
>>> [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/>>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ken Restivo <ken at restivo.org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0300, Mikko Rauhala wrote:
>>>>> ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti:
>>>>>>> I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing
>>>> this will take at least five more years, probably ten.
>>>>>>> That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (though even for that it
>>> can be a handy help, especially in areas that don't happen to have
>>> lots of turn restrictions, though you of course don't want to just
>>> blindly drive listening to it anyway).
>>>>>> Us others want navigation too and are considerably less hampered by
>>> OSM's current lackings. 'course, there are other projects than
>>> TangoGPS, but it seems otherwise nice so one would like it to include
>>> this as well. As long as I'm not coding it, it's not my call, of
>>> course :]
>>>>>> PS: Kudos for your work and all, but with all your hyperbole, jumping
>>> to conclusions, accusations of lying and stuff, you might want to
>>> take a step back for a breather if you want, you know, people to
>>> bother to listen to you instead of just wanting to rant wildly.
>>>>>>>> I have a really dumb question:
>>>> What is the point of having GPS anyway?
>>>> I don't travel much, so perhaps that's why I just don't get it.
>>>> If I'm navigating around a strange city, though, a hardcopy map is plenty
>>> good.
>>> I spend most of my time walking or taking public transport, within a very
>>> short radius, in an area I already know very well. I'm just not getting
> what's cool or exciting about GPS.
>>> -ken
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